State AGs May Turn Up Enforcement Under Trump

By Joseph Jacquot, Foley & Lardner LLP (December 21, 2016, 1:02 PM EST) -- With the incoming Trump administration, regulatory and enforcement priorities for federal agencies are expected to change, and in response state attorneys general will surely step into perceived gaps. Over the past eight years, state AGs have joined in significant joint federal-state enforcement often following the lead of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But if federal agencies scale back their efforts in key consumer protection areas, AGs will pick up the slack on their own....

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